User:Mason C Bennett/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Nyarlathotep (short story)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: My reasons for evaluating the short story "Nyarlathotep" are twofold. I take great personal interest in the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, a twentieth-century author whom many refer as a major proponent of supernatural and cosmic horror, but Lovecraft is often criticized for the xenophobic and often racist values expressed in his fiction. Since the course focuses predominantly on matters of race and conceptions of the "other" in twentieth-century American literature, I thought it would be worth investigating his work from an academic perspective.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? No.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? Yes.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The Lead is concise if not underdeveloped and lacking in greater detail.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Yes.
 * Is the content up-to-date? Yes.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? Yes, the article lacks content specific to the analysis of the work's implicit themes and meanings.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral? Yes.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? No.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Analysis of the work's themes and merits with relevance to the subject of its themes is sufficiently lacking.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? No.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? Yes.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? Yes.
 * Are the sources current? Yes, as of 2018.
 * Check a few links. Do they work? Yes.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? The article is concise and straightforward in its presentation.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? None.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The article relies primarily on its sections concerning background and plot summary with little attention given to literary analysis or reflections on the work's relationship to twentieth-century or contemporary material.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? No.
 * Are images well-captioned? N/A
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? N/A
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? N/A

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? None.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is part of WikiProject Horror and WikiProject Novels.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? There is no discussion presently on this article.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status? This article has been rated as Stub-Class.
 * What are the article's strengths? It provides an effective summary of the work's plot and background.
 * How can the article be improved? It should include more content analyzing the work's themes and addressing its worth to other discussions of those themes.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? I would consider it underdeveloped.

Optional activity

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